In early 2024, Blockworks acquired Strange Water Podcast, giving me the opportunity to launch Expansion—a show dedicated to exploring modular blockchains and the future of crypto infrastructure. Over six months, we produced 35 episodes featuring deep conversations with the industry's brightest minds. After stepping back from regular hosting duties, these episodes remain as a snapshot of crypto's modular evolution during a pivotal time.
All Episodes
Exploring Crypto's Modular Path
June 6, 2024
with Mike Ippolito, Jason Yanowitz
The Modular Integration Spectrum
June 5, 2024
with Keone Hon, Zon
How ZK Accounts Expand dApp Limits
June 12, 2024
with John Adler, Uma Roy, Zaki Manian
What It Will Take to Bring the World Onchain
June 19, 2024
with Jesse Pollak
Inside the Modular Mullet Era of Crypto Scaling
June 26, 2024
with Olaf Carlson-Wee, Nick White
Is the EVM Holding Crypto Back?
July 3, 2024
with Dino, Rushi Manche, Jarry Xiao
Blockchain's Race to $0 Fees
July 10, 2024
with Kyle Samani
Is Crypto Really Just Financial Infrastructure?
July 17, 2024
with Mike Ippolito, David Hoffman
The Unasked Questions of Blockchain Interop
July 24, 2024
with Jon Kol
Safeguarding Creativity in an AI Future
July 31, 2024
with Jason Zhao, Daniel Shorr
Beyond VMs: Will zkVMs Dominate Crypto?
August 3, 2024
Roundup Episode
Why Offchain Data Needs Blockchain Trust
August 7, 2024
with Joe Coll
Unpacking Crypto's Decentralization Illusion
August 10, 2024
Roundup Episode
The Death of Shared Sequencing: The Aftermath
August 14, 2024
with Ben Fisch
Airdrops Are Dead. What's Next for Token Distribution?
August 17, 2024
Roundup Episode
When Apps Become Chains
August 21, 2024
with Zorayr Khalapyan, Josie Leung
Memecoin Trenches, Sovereignty Dreams, and Crypto's App Chain Tradeoff
August 24, 2024
Roundup Episode
Are We Building the Wrong Blockchains? Debating Crypto's True Purpose
August 28, 2024
with Logan Jastremski
What Goes Wrong with Crypto Rebrands & Who Will Win Crypto Scaling
August 31, 2024
Roundup Episode
Are L1s and L2s Converging? Eclipse & Astria on Crypto's Scaling Future
September 4, 2024
with Josh Bowen, Terry Chung
Is Crypto Twitter's Degradation an Existential Crisis?
September 7, 2024
Roundup Episode
Why All Blockchains Are Converging on Sharding
September 11, 2024
with Avi Zurlo
Is Low Data Demand Crypto's Biggest Blind Spot?
September 14, 2024
with Sunny Aggarwal
Rethinking Ethereum's Block Building: CommitBoost & Pre-Confirmations
September 18, 2024
with Drew Van der Werff
SEC Fear Mongering, Adoption of Intent-Based Systems, and the Death of Airdrops
September 21, 2024
Roundup Episode
Is DA a Commodity? Celestia's Contrarian Bet on Sovereign, Abundant Blockspace
September 25, 2024
with Nick White
Who's Winning Interop, Death of Chain Loyalty, and Stablecoin Centralization
September 28, 2024
Roundup Episode
The Hidden Flaw in Encrypted Messaging
October 2, 2024
with Jacob Arluck, Ryan Ford
Saving Open Source, Snowden's Solana Take, and Death of Optimistic Rollups
October 5, 2024
Roundup Episode
Why Apps Are Going Modular & Fixing Token Launches
October 14, 2024
Roundup Episode
Where is the Killer Payment App of Crypto?
October 16, 2024
with Nick White, Sid Gandhi
Saving Crypto from the Hidden Costs of Rollups
October 19, 2024
Roundup Episode
Why Data Sovereignty Changes Everything
October 23, 2024
with Nick White
The Death of Rollup Costs
October 26, 2024
with Matt Katz
How Celestia's Gigabyte Block Vision Changes Crypto
October 30, 2024
with John Adler, Evan Forbes